Barber s chair



(Model.) I Y A. N. HORNUNG.

BARBERS CHAIR.

1' No. 286,611. Patented Oct, 15, 1883..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON HORNUNG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BARBERS CHAIR.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,611, dated October 16, 1883.

i Application filed April 29, 1880. Renewed March :'16, 1883. (Model.) Y l To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it know-n that I, ANTON N. HonNUNG, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in BarberChaii-s, of which the following is a specification.

The object I have in view is to produce a barber-chair (of the kind wherein the rear bolster advances to support the back of a person sitting in the chair -when the chair is tilted backward on its base-frame) in which the different parts of the entire upholstered surface of the back of the chair will always have the same inclination, the inclination lof the headrest will be changed with that of the back-bolster, and simpler means will be pro vided `for movingvthe back-bolster and. adjusting the chair on its base.

My invention therein consists in the peculiar arrangement and construction of the severalnovelfeatures, andin the various combinations of the parts, 4all as more lfully hereiny Y after explained, and pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure lis a sectionai side elevation of the barber-chair in an upright or sitting position; Fig. 2, a similar view of the chair in a reclining position; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation of the chair from the front; Fig. 4, an elevation of the locking-bolt with 'the faceplate removed; and 5 a top view of the locking-bolt.

` Like letters denote corresponding parts in all of the gures.

. A is the base or leg frame of the chair, of ordinary construction, andB is the seat-frame, which is pivoted to the base inthe usual man ner. The side pieces, G, of the back-frame are divided above the arm-rests, and their upper extensions, D, are hinged thereto by hinges ci on their rear sides, so that such extensions can be thrown back out of line with the side pieces. The extensions D carry the back-bolster frame E.

To the rear cross! piece of the seat-frame Bis pivoted, at b, alever, F, whose upper end is bent to the rear and extends upwardly through an 0eye-plate, c, on the lower end of the bolsterframe E. Thetlever F has teeth d on its lower portion, which engage with a spring-locking bolt, G, secured to the base.

' The bolt G is held by lugs between plates e f,

and is thrown forward by a spiral spring, H. The rack end of thc lever F passes down between the plates ef and between the end of the bolt and a stud, g. A foot-lever, I, exv tending to the side of the chair, is pivoted between the plates c f at one end thereof', and engages at its inner end with a notch in the shank of the bolt G. A stop, h, limits the 6o movement of the foot-lever. By having theshort arm of the foot-lever connected directly with the spring-bolt, a very simple, cheap, and efficient construction of the parts is obtained. By depressing the lever I, the bolt G will be withdrawn out of connection with the teeth d of the lever F, and the chair can be thrown backward or forward on the base, and held at any desired inclination, by releasing the footlever and the locking-bolt. iSince the lever 7o F is retained nearly in a vertical position by the plates ef, thebolster-frame E will be moved forward at its lower end, when the chair is thrown'baclr on the base, forming a support for the back of a person reclining in the chair. It will be seen that thisfmovement affects alike the whole upholstered back of `the chair, so that the chair is comfortable in any position. The bolster-frame E carries the ordinary adjustable head-rest, K, which moves with such frame.Y

rIhe devices above described could also be applied to dentist and to surgical chairs. Y

1. A barber-chair having in combination a stationary base 'or leg frame, a body pivoted on such base, a back-frame hinged to the `chairbody, and mechanism, substantially as de scribed, for automatically swinging such bacio frame upon the chair-body when the said chairbody is tipped on the base.

2. A barberchair having its back frame hinged above its center to the chair-body, in combination with a lever for moving the backframe forward at its lower end when the chair is tilted back on the base, substantially as de scribed and shown.

3. In a barber-chair, the combination, with the base or leg frame and the body pivoted on such base, of the extension-pieces D, hinged to the back side pieces, C, of the body, above the arm-rests, the bolster-frame E, carried by such IOO 2 vesami extensions D, and mechanism, substantially as I 5. In a ba1berchair, the combination, with described, for automatically swinging the bolsthe hinged baclnbclster frame, of a lever piv- Vter-frame when the body is inclined on the Oted to the seat-frame, and having teeth enbase. gaging With a locking-belt on the base, sub- 5 4. In a barber-chair, the combination, with stantially as described and shown.

the hinged bolster-frame E, of the lever F, enf gaging with such bolster-frame, and pivoted ANTON N HORNUNG' to the tilting seat, and guided by plates on the Witnesses: stationary base, substantially as described and RICHD. N. DYER,

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